Bracket suitable for supporting toilet requisites or other articles.



G. CHISHOLM. BRACKET SUITABLE FOR SUPPORTING TOILET REQUISITES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I7. I9I4.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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IIIIIPl/l THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, n. c.

G. CHISHOLM.

BRACKET SUITABLE FOR SUPPORTING TOILET REQUISITE'S OR OTHER ARTICLES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1914.

1,1?7,232. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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GEORGE CHISI-IOLM, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

BRACKET SUITABLE FOR SUPPORTING TOILET REQUISITES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed July 17, 1914. Serial No. 851,550.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon CHISHOLM, a subject of the Kingdom ofGreat Britain, residing at Providence Works, Fleet street, Birmingham, in the county of WVarwick,

England, brass-founder, have invented certain Improvements in or Relating to Brackets Suitable for Supporting Toilet Requisites or other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprises certain improvements in or relating to brackets suitable for supporting toilet requisites or other articles,

and to equivalent supporting members.

nished thereon in a complete and satisfac-- tory manner by reason of the fact that each.

bracket is securely fixed upon the wall or other position in such a manner as to render it impossible for same to be readily-detached from its position, and it has therefore been necessary to elfe ct the cleaning while the bracket remained in the fixed position, the results being consequently rendered very unsatisfactory, the difficulty being particularly pronounced in cases where the container members upon the bracket are of a perforated character as the substance used for cleaning cannot be readily removed from the perforations.

Furthermore, although the bracket member has generally been secured to a plate member or Wood block fixed in position upon the wall, the wall paper or paint surrounding such block has been soiled or disfigured during the repeated processes of cleaning the bracket.

The present invention has for its purpose to obviate and overcome the above mentioned disadvantages and difficulties, and to this end a bracket member is furnished having simple and eflicient means of an improved character for enabling same to be detached in a very ready manner and securely replaced in position as and when desired.

According to the present invention a bracket or equivalent supporting member is provided which is adapted to be attached in position in a readily detachable manner without the employment of any screwing or other tools or the manipulation of any screws or like securing means, said bracket when attached being retained rigid and secure from movement or displacement in any direction.

The bracket or supporting member broadly comprises a stationary part adapted to be fixed to a wall or other suitable support and a detachable portion or bracket proper, a spindle or the like furnished upon the one part being adapted to engage with an aperture or socket in the other part and retained therein by means of a suitable locking catch in such a manner as to hold the bracket rigidly in position.

The detach-ability of the bracket according to this invention also renders same interchangeable, thereby permitting another bracket to be readily disposed in position in place of one which is removed for cleaning or other purposes.

In order that thisinvention may be clearly understood and more readily carried into practice, reference may be had to the two appended explanatory sheets of drawings,

on which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bracket according to the present invention fixed in position. F ig. 2 is a part sectional elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of that part of the device which is adapted to be secured to the wall or other support. Fig. 4t is a perspective view of the detachable part of the device. Fig. 5 shows in front elevation the three elements constituting the part of the device to be retained upon the wall.

In a convenient embodiment of this invention upon a wall, partition or door of a bath room, or other compartment, or upon a wood block or plate member a secured to said wall, a metallic base member 6 is secured which member may be of any desired shape but is advantageously in the form of a disk having an upstanding flange or annular rim 6 at its periphery thereby forming a flat dish shaped member having apertures 22 therein for the reception of the screws for fastening same to the wall or block (6. Advantageously centrally within the dish shape base member b an aperture '0 is furnished which is advantageously of square, rectangular or other polygonal shape, and in the formation of this aperture 0 part of the displaced metal of the disk 6 is advantageously pressed rearward so as to project out at right angles therefrom and furnish a square or like socket. Upon the inner or front face of the dishshaped base a a plate portion (1 is adapted to be secured which plate may be substantially elliptical or any other formation adapted to be riveted or otherwise secured face to face upon the base member I), and within the annular rim 6 of same. Apertures (Z are also furnished in this plate portion (Z in alinement with the apertures b in the base 6 so that the fixing screws for securing the base Z) in position also pass through the plate portion (Z and thereby constitute further means for securing the plate d in position within the base Z). The center part of the plate portion (Z is raised from the plane of the remainder, so as to form a fiat raised part of substantially rectangular shape running transversely and conveniently vertically across the plate (Z. Within the center of this central raised portion an aperture 6 is furnished corresponding in shape and size to the central. aperture 0 in the base, and this aperture may also be advantageously formed by forcing outward part of the metal of the plate d so as to form a socket, the projecting metal a forming the walls of the socket projecting in a forward direction.

Upon a bracket 7 of any suitable shape or ornamental formation a projecting lug, finger, or spindle portion 9 is furnished, which spindle portion has suitably fixed or assembled thereon an ornamental rose or hollow cap member h, the depth of said rose being advantageously equal or substantially equal to the length of the spindle portion 9 which is adapted to project within the interior of same. This spindle g is conveniently of square or like shape to correspond with the central apertures or sockets c and 6 within the base Z) and plate portion d, and said spindle g is adapted to be readily inserted within the said apertures or sockets so as to be attached to the base I), the rose member h when the bracket is in the attached position being caused to fit over and completely cover the base Z), an annular flangedike rim It" being preferably formed upon the rose in for surrounding the corresponding flange-like rim 6 upon the base portion Z).

In order to effectively prevent any accidental displacement or detachment of the bracket when in position, a catch member is furnished for locking the spindle portion 9 of the bracket within the base. This lockii'ig'eatch is advantageously in the form of a flat rectangular plate 2' having a relatively narrow flat strip or handle portion 2' extending in the same plane therefrcm. The rectangular portion 2' is assembled beneath the central raised part of the plate portion 03 secured to the base 7) and is adapted to have a facial and vertical sliding movement between said raised part and the inner face of the base, said sliding movement being effected by vertically moving the handle or strip extension 2' of the slide i, which strip 2' projects upward through notches or recesses o and h cutin the annular rims of the base 6 or rose h, and may be cranked or turned at its free extremity 2' for facilitating the manipulation of same.

Within the rectangular part of the sliding plate member 2' a square or like aperture is is furnished corresponding in size with the central apertures or sockets c and efc-r the accommodation of the bracket spindle g.

This aperture is is conveniently provided at a position toward the lower part'or edge of the slide, and said aperture is formed with an extension at the upper part of same in the form of'a parallel slot substantially less in width than the main or square aperture it, said vertically extending slot k projecting from one of the corners of the square 70 and advantageously terminating in the form of an inverted V.

At that part of the bracket spindle g which when in the attached position is adapted to be disposed between the base Z) and raised part of the plate portion clfixed thereon, two recesses, slots or notches g are provided, one on either side of the spindle, said notches being in the form of channels cut across two of the corners of the square, and the arrangement is such that when the sliding plate member z' is in the raised position the square or enlarged part A: of the aperture Within same comes into alinement with the central sockets or apertures c and e to the front and rear of same and the bracket spindle 9 can be readilyinserted and detached. When the spindle g is inserted the vertical side slots or channels therein come into vertical alinement with the metal of the sliding plate 2' so that when the said plate 2' is pressed downward the metal of said plate at the side edges of the slot or aperture extension 76 enter the channels 9 in the spindle g and effectively lock said spindle within the base.

Part of the metal forming the plate member (Z secured to the base 6 may be formed into small finger portions (Z and caused to project over or partially close up the upper and lower open ends of the raised part of said plate member (Z so as to restrict the sliding movement of the locking catch plate '5 so that when the plate is raised to the full est extent of its movement the bracket spindle 9 can be freely inserted or detached at will.

The projecting spindle portions may if desired be of D-shape or of any other suitable cross section having one or more flats thereon and the apertures c and 6 may also be of a corresponding shape. The provision of a square D or like shaped aperture or socket and spindle in combination with the circular peripheral rims b and k insures stability when the parts are assembled. The invention may be applied to bracket or equivalent members of varied character such for instance as hat and coat hooks, or the like.

The brackets f may have any type of container, receptacle, or the like Z secured to same for containing or supporting the desired requisites, and it will be readily seen that when it is desired to clean or otherwise attend to the bracket, same can be very readily removed for this purpose. A plurality of the detachable brackets may be employed for supporting in position an elongated rack, dish or other member.

What 1 claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A bracket comprising in combination tWo separable parts,'a spindle carried by one part, the other part having a socket adapted to receive said spindle and in which the spindle is non-rotatably mounted, a catch member for preventing the axial displacement of said spindle in said socket, and a pair of frictionally engaging flange-like rims carried by said parts and adapted by their engagement to take up strains on the bracket.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE CHISHOLM. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. BRoWN, CHARLES R. RIGBY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

